# Accident 19760813024779A: Piper PA25235, Montpelier, VT, August 13, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1976
- Place: Montpelier, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.2664° N, 72.5715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montpelier, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2664&lon=-72.5715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8524L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8524L-1982-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DNC65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760813024779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT IN OTR ACFT ENCTRD DOWNDRAFTS IN SAME AREA.WIND EST 50-70 K.PLT PICK UP CARB ICE BFR ACDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC76DNC65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC65), Aug 13, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N8524L), Montpelier, VT, destroyed

## Other reports on N8524L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740510012139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740510012139A), May 10, 1974: Piper PA25235 (N8524L), Peru, NY, Substantial damage. Aux fuel tank full.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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